He must increase, but I must decrease.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
2 Kings
HistoryI know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThat which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Luke
GospelsAnd he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Psalms
PoetryFor thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahShe layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSo it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThe LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
Job
Wisdom / JobNow is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
John
Gospels / JohnHe that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Proverbs
WisdomWho is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
Joshua
HistoryWe grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawFor these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
Acts
HistoryRepent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts
HistoryThe captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.